Here is a fun moment from my most recent faculty recital - as my current Carthage voice students (the upperclassmen, that is) joined me for "There is nothing like a dame" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific. I didn't list any of the pieces sung in the second half, so this came as a complete
I certainly couldn't sing a recital of love songs without involving my wife Kathy one way or another. She and I sang two duets, the first of which was "Do you love me" from Fiddler on the Roof. You may notice that during the dialogue beforehand I begin to get very soft. That's
This is a stunning song by the great Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886.) I vividly remember being introduced to this song back when I was in high school (37 years ago or so.) My first voice teacher, Cherie Carl, played me a recording of her own teacher, Janice Hanson- both to show me the song
Here is an excerpt from my September 13, 2015 faculty recital. This is the song with which I ended the first half: Roger Quilter's "Fair House of Joy," which is one of his Seven Elizabethan Songs. The anonymous text says that Love is one of life's most precious treasures and in no way is
My song "Pace" (which is Italian for "peace") tries to describe the Perfect Peace that was part of the first Christmas night. This particular recording is of the Lincoln Chamber Singers, and I appreciate how warmly they embraced this piece and sang it so beautifully. The Chamber Singers have sung it on several different
